Buffer overflow in Xmill - CVE-2021-21815

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Buffer overflow in Xmill - CVE-2021-21815

Published: August 12, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55796
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21815
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: AT&T Labs
Affected software:
Xmill

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the command-line-parsing HandleFileArg functionality within the "strcpy". A local user can use a specially crafted command-line argument, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-21815

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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